There are several greeting cards that are
created to delight your friends, family, and other loved ones but there is
nothing like a handmade card to make them feel extra special. There are many
ways of making those handmade cards beautiful, like adding card embellishments,
die cuts and other scrapbooking techniques.

Die cuts are a great way to enhance the
efficiency and fun within card making, scrapbooking and other crafting
projects. To many people, die cuts seem daunting, as they aren’t sure how to
use them. There is no strict rule to follow when it comes to die cut; you just
have to go with the flow of your creativity. Die cuts are one of the best paper
crafting supplies available in the market, to make your handmade cards stand
out.

Die cuts are undoubtedly the best card
making technique, which the craft-lovers often use. Die cutting machines are
available in the market that can be used to make many die cuts in a few minutes.
However, these machines are costly and require proper maintenance. A more easy
way is to purchase the die cuts to use in your card making. There are so many
die cuts available that can go perfectly with any theme.

BK Craft Supplies offers a vast range of
die cuts you can choose from. They are a lovely combination of images and cuts
that will surely add elegance and extra dimensions to your cards. Lace Flowers
Die-Cuts are the most popular as they help in adding a stunning and graceful
feel to the card. There are die cuts available that are perfect for condolences
cards as well. Condolence – 83 includes three separate beautiful decoupage images
that makes the card thoughtful and help you in conveying your feelings
perfectly to the recipient.

The Hobby House
Sweet Melissa Die Cut is perfect for making a funky card for a young girl. The
colors are vibrant and it will completely transform your card and add that
extra sparkle in it. Studio Light – 187 is a set of 3 decoupage images of
hearts that can be used to add color to your card, along with adding some
dimension and depth.

There are so many
more die cuts available on BK Craft Supplies. You can mix them up or use them
separately as per your theme. Some are for specific occasions or events while others
can be used for any occasion. Don’t be afraid to experiment with the die cuts.
Add a few embellishments with them or a little glitter to make them really pop
up.

There are several greeting cards that are
created to delight your friends, family, and other loved ones but there is
nothing like a handmade card to make them feel extra special. There are many
ways of making those handmade cards beautiful, like adding card embellishments,
die cuts and other scrapbooking techniques.

Die cuts are a great way to enhance the
efficiency and fun within card making, scrapbooking and other crafting
projects. To many people, die cuts seem daunting, as they aren’t sure how to
use them. There is no strict rule to follow when it comes to die cut; you just
have to go with the flow of your creativity. Die cuts are one of the best paper
crafting supplies available in the market, to make your handmade cards stand
out.

Die cuts are undoubtedly the best card
making technique, which the craft-lovers often use. Die cutting machines are
available in the market that can be used to make many die cuts in a few minutes.
However, these machines are costly and require proper maintenance. A more easy
way is to purchase the die cuts to use in your card making. There are so many
die cuts available that can go perfectly with any theme.

BK Craft Supplies offers a vast range of
die cuts you can choose from. They are a lovely combination of images and cuts
that will surely add elegance and extra dimensions to your cards. Lace Flowers
Die-Cuts are the most popular as they help in adding a stunning and graceful
feel to the card. There are die cuts available that are perfect for condolences
cards as well. Condolence – 83 includes three separate beautiful decoupage images
that makes the card thoughtful and help you in conveying your feelings
perfectly to the recipient.

The Hobby House
Sweet Melissa Die Cut is perfect for making a funky card for a young girl. The
colors are vibrant and it will completely transform your card and add that
extra sparkle in it. Studio Light – 187 is a set of 3 decoupage images of
hearts that can be used to add color to your card, along with adding some
dimension and depth.

There are so many
more die cuts available on BK Craft Supplies. You can mix them up or use them
separately as per your theme. Some are for specific occasions or events while others
can be used for any occasion. Don’t be afraid to experiment with the die cuts.
Add a few embellishments with them or a little glitter to make them really pop
up.

Making Greeting Cards for the Little Ones? Check Out These
Embellishments!

From doing children's classes I've found that they are so creative as they don't have inhibitions about adding items to their cards unlike ourselves as adults, they just want colour, colour, and more colour!!! Our great variety of lovely embellisments will certainly bring colour to your cardmaking so check them out!!!

Card embellishments add sparkling magic to
your greeting cards. Many individuals underestimate the detail and intricacy of
embellishments that are available in the market nowadays. When people think of
embellishments, images of plain paper designs come into their minds. What they
don’t know, is that there are countless options and variety are available in
embellishments. From paper to glitter, sparkling charms to stickers – the
options are endless.When making cards for little ones, adorning them with
embellishments adds a lot of sparkle. Kids’ cards should look bright and fun
with unique features.

BK Craft Supplies offer cheap craft
supplies including fun embellishments that are perfect for making cards for
children. They have a separate baby section, in which there is a variety of
embellishments solely dedicated for babies’ and kids’ card making.

Some of these embellishments include;a porcelain-made
Rocking Horse Embellishment that includes a small pink rocking horse, a
beautiful baby girl’s dress, and a milk bottle. These will go perfect when you
make a card for a little girl or a baby shower. There are other embellishments
to make cards for little girls as well, including Pink Timber Embellishments, Baby
Girl Material Feet, Baby Girl Brads, and Baby Girl Hands/Feet Ribbon.

Not only this, the baby section also includes
embellishments that are perfect to adorn cards made for little boys. These
embellishments include Blue Porcelain Embellishments, Blue Timber
Embellishments, Blue Material Baby Feet, andBaby Boy Brads. There are also
separate photo albums for boys and girls.

The usage of embellishments is quite
simple. You can use the rule of uneven numbers. According to this rule, you can
utilize odd number embellishments on the card to make it look perfect like 1 or
5 or maybe even 7. This makes the card look appealing and balances the design
as well. The size doesn’t have to be the same, just match them with the theme
of your card.

You can select any of the embellishments
from the huge range of embellishment collection available on BK Craft Supplies.
The store has high quality and affordable embellishments and other craft
supplies that will aid you in making a perfect greeting card for the little
ones. There are a variety of different colors and materials you can select from,
sojust select the ones that go perfectly with your theme and design of the
card.

Ribbons, bows, ducks, and teddy bears will
look wonderful on greeting cards for kids. Just keep your creative juices
flowing and enhance them by adding in lots of embellishments in your card
making.

Happy New
Year to all you Crafters out there, hope this year brings you all health,
happiness & prosperity so that when you look back it will hold many happy
memories!!!

Mistakes You
Make While Writing On Greeting Cards!

Greeting cards express emotions that are usually difficult for an
individual to convey. Even though, the card embellishment, colour and theme
play an essential role in greeting cards, the message written on the card is
its most important aspect.

It should make someone laugh; help them get through a difficult
time, uplift someone’s mood or make someone’s day special. It can be difficult
to write a message on the card, especially for a designer who is designing a
greeting card and doesn’t know who will buy it.

A verse or a unique quotation might seem like an excellent idea to
write on the greeting card, but designers must keep in mind that it might not
be something that the customers are looking for. They need a message that is
short, simple and honest. However, some greetings on cards make the customers
move away from it as it doesn’t speak to them, even if it has been beautifully
designed and has amazing card embellishments or die cuts used on it. But it is
important to remember that everyone cannot be pleased all the time but we want
to please the majority!

Here are a few common mistakes made while writing on greeting
cards:

Too Many Adjectives

There is no need to add way too many adjectives on the card. It is
a greeting card, not an essay or a book. Too many adjectives merely slow down
the reader and makes the text on the card endless, lengthy and boring. Messages
on greeting cards should be short and to the point.

Being Artificial

Too many flowery or poetic wordings can make it all seem too
false. If you are trying too hard it will come across as inauthentic and
superficial. Just write a message that comes naturally to you.

Restricting the Buyers

This is a common mistake made by card designers – limiting the
market. “A Father’s care is immeasurable to his daughter – Happy Fathers Day
Dad!” What is wrong with this greeting? It is limiting the buyers. Only
daughters will buy this card and that too on Father’s day.However, if you edit the message to “A
father’s care is immeasurable!” This can be used by anyone at any occasion.

Being Formal

Being too poetic or/and using words like ‘alas’ and ‘whom’ can
make the greeting too formal. People want a card that expresses their feelings
properly. It is best to write the way you would talk. Avoid lengthy and difficult
words. Keep it casual.

Gratitude, sympathy, hope, love and inspiration expressed on
greeting cards speaks to the readers and make them feel special. So make sure
the greeting cards you make for commercial use follow the guidelines mentioned

Receiving a greeting card, especially a handmade one, is always
delightful. It is a sweet gesture indicating that someone spent their time and
effort to design or select a card especially for you. If you want to make
someone feel special and brighten up their day, make a handmade card for them.
It is not as difficult as you think it is and it is affordable! There are so
many cheap craft supplies available in the market from which you can make
dozens of cards.

A beautiful card can be
made by following these 4 simple but effective steps:

Step 1: Select a
Theme for your Card

First of all you need to select the theme of the card; keeping in
mind the occasion and the person you are giving the card to. Is it for Christmas
for your grandparents? A birthday card for your best friend?A thank you card
for a colleague or a teacher? Set the theme and select the appropriate message
for the card. You can also decide at this stage whether you want to put the
greeting on the front or inside the card or maybe a bit of both!!

Step 2: Choosing
The Base

Once you’ve chosen the theme you move onto selecting the base. Use
a blank cardstock in whichever colour you think best suits your theme. Such as
red for Christmas, blue for a baby boy, pink for a special little girl. Select
the size and paper material. Alternatively you could use a plain white card and
add colour to your chosen colour to it in a different way. Once you have
selected the paper base for your card, fold it in half.

Step 3: Layering
and Dimensions

This is the best part of all. This is where your creative juices
really get going!! Start adding one or many layers of coloured sheets. There
are so many paper crafting sheets with different textures and colours to add
dimension in your card. Select the ones that go best with your theme.

Step 4: Adding The
Bling

Here you can go crazy with embellishments. Add
pearls, charms, rhinestones, tags and whatever you love. This is when you add
the sparkle in the card, the piece de resistance!! Make it as pretty as you
want. If you are good at sketching, then you can even draw something on the
card. You might even add a picture of you and the recipient.

See how easy card making is? Just add in the
personal note and you are done and dusted.The best thing about handmade
greeting cards is that there is no right or wrong. You can make any kind of
card by using your creativity. The recipient will love the fact that you spent
time, effort and energy on making a unique and special card for them.

Check Out
Our Website Packed With Some Of The Best Card Making Supplies!

When you finally decide to make your own cards, you will need to
have a good amount of quality supplies that help you transform your amazing
ideas into reality. If you have ever made your own cards and are resurrecting
your creative skills from your early years, then you more than likely be aware
to some degree of the tools you need to get started. But don’t be afraid if you
are a beginner, just have a look around our blog posts for an idea about the
basic tools you need and the various categories on your website.

When you decide to make your own cards, you need to put in a
healthy dose of creativity, and there is nothing better than doing it at a
reasonable price and getting good quality products at the same time.BK Craft Supplies stocks a variety of
embellishments, card toppers, dies, die cuts, stamps and more to cater for all
the different occasions in the lives of all your male or female friends and
also boys and girls.

You can make your owns cards,
which are more expressive at a fraction of the price of what readymade cards
would cost you!

Believe it or not there is such a
thing as Greeting Card Etiquette, there's no point in just making a card for
the sake of it, just follow the following tips and your friends/family will be
delighted with the thought and effort you've put in!!!

Greeting Card
Etiquette? Yes, It Exists!!

Many people may not be aware of this, but there are certain
greeting card rules that should be followed. Family members and friends will be
thrilled to receive a greeting card from you whether you follow proper
etiquette or not. However, if you are sending a greeting card to your business
partners, colleagues or other influential contacts, they might view it with a
critical and discerning eye.

Here are a few basic etiquettes you must follow when sending a
greeting card to someone:

Quality Greeting Card

Low quality and cheesy cards could indicate that you did not put
much time into making the card. It may look like a very last minute job, which
doesn’t give off a very good impression. Always create quality greeting cards
as this indicates that you put in a little time and effort into producing this
card for them.

Personalise The Envelope

The envelope is the first thing an individual sees. This is the
reason why it is essential to give it a personal touch and ensure that it
matches the theme and style of the card inside. You can modify it with adding a
bit of colour or perhaps an embossed design to show off your creativity flare
on the envelope. To add to the personal touch, it is so important to handwrite
the envelope as this avoids looking like you were merely mass mailing. In other
words avoid using computer generated labels!!!

Be Timely

Greeting cards should always be sent so they’ll arrive to the
person on time. It is best to send the card well before time so that even if
there are some postal delays, your card still arrives when it should.If you forget the occasion then make sure to
put a little extra thought or apology in your personal note for its delay.

Put in a Little Extra Effort

Make sure that whatever you are writing on the card is grammatically
correct and properly punctuated.Make
sure there aren’t any spelling mistackes… Just making sure you are paying
attention JHand writing a personal note and addressing
the envelope shows that you aren’t just sending the card just for the sake of
getting the task over with, but you have put effort and time into it. If you
didn’t get time to make a personalised card and have to resort to a store
bought one, you can still add some creativity by adding some bling to it or cut
it in different shapes using die cuts.

Make it Memorable

If the recipient is someone near and dear to you, add that little
extra personal touch to the card or add some card embellishments, stickers or
charms that highlight a memory you two shared together. This shows just how
much that person means to you.

These are some basic etiquette that you can follow when sending
greeting cards. For more tips or advice keep your eye on our blog and also
visit our website at www.bkcraftsupplies.ie

Made this wedding card using the Nellie Snellen Heart Die and just layered it up using alternative colours of cream and gold which gives a nice finish, I then added some Mr & Mrs ribbon and stamped swirls with Versamark using gold embossing powder and a Heat it Craft Tool heat gun.